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An account of life at a small sole-charge New Zealand school
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Principals Report
April BOT Meeting.
Roll - 8
Staffing - Unchanged
Curriculum
Term one ended well with the Action Learning unit on waste disposal being completed. It was a close thing however and perhaps reflects the rather crammed approach. We also completed our art unit and these are on display on the back wall.
Staff Development
I have completed the Action Learning unit. I decided not to submit the final assignment as I didn’t think it was worth the effort. While I gained some ideas from the unit it was mainly a collection of ideas I worked on in the eighties. It was very good to revisit them but I’m not convinced it is a very good way to incorporate ICT skills into the classroom.
The senior maths component of NUMPA started with an afternoon course in Inglewood. This is even more intensive than the junior part. I now feel that in order to do this justice I need to put more focus on it’s implementation . In many ways we did not achieve full depth first time around with the juniors and this is a goal for this year. At the same time the middle school children are steadily mov ing towards the senior goals and the two senior boys are working on a plan of their own. This makes our daily 45 minute maths lesson a complex operation with constant changes to planning and methods of implementation.
Administration.
Todays course on Principal Appraisal showed that it is in some ways more complex than I had thought. As part of our review of NAG 3 I suggest we implement a three year cycle of Principal Appraisal. As we also have an ERO review this year it could be an idceal time. The basic plan is:
Year One - use ERO report, BOT consultation and Ross Uttons classroom observations to form the basis of this years appraisal and to provide data for both next years agreement and the setting of new school goals at the end of this year.
Year Two – use Ross or another local Principal to carry out the appraisal.
Year Three – use an independent consultant to carry out the appraisal.
Upcoming Events
Today DOC to talk about 1080 and cyanide drop in forest block. Richard to Maths course in Inglewood 3:30 – 5:00
May 12th School photos EOTC course Stratford 1:00 – 6:00pm
16th Jones Cup practice at Marco 18th Traffic safety course in NP 20th MenB Vacs. at Toko, 26th -27th Life Ed at Huiakama. 30th Jones Cup at Toko
April BOT Meeting.
Roll - 8
Staffing - Unchanged
Curriculum
Term one ended well with the Action Learning unit on waste disposal being completed. It was a close thing however and perhaps reflects the rather crammed approach. We also completed our art unit and these are on display on the back wall.
Staff Development
I have completed the Action Learning unit. I decided not to submit the final assignment as I didn’t think it was worth the effort. While I gained some ideas from the unit it was mainly a collection of ideas I worked on in the eighties. It was very good to revisit them but I’m not convinced it is a very good way to incorporate ICT skills into the classroom.
The senior maths component of NUMPA started with an afternoon course in Inglewood. This is even more intensive than the junior part. I now feel that in order to do this justice I need to put more focus on it’s implementation . In many ways we did not achieve full depth first time around with the juniors and this is a goal for this year. At the same time the middle school children are steadily mov ing towards the senior goals and the two senior boys are working on a plan of their own. This makes our daily 45 minute maths lesson a complex operation with constant changes to planning and methods of implementation.
Administration.
Todays course on Principal Appraisal showed that it is in some ways more complex than I had thought. As part of our review of NAG 3 I suggest we implement a three year cycle of Principal Appraisal. As we also have an ERO review this year it could be an idceal time. The basic plan is:
Year One - use ERO report, BOT consultation and Ross Uttons classroom observations to form the basis of this years appraisal and to provide data for both next years agreement and the setting of new school goals at the end of this year.
Year Two – use Ross or another local Principal to carry out the appraisal.
Year Three – use an independent consultant to carry out the appraisal.
Upcoming Events
Today DOC to talk about 1080 and cyanide drop in forest block. Richard to Maths course in Inglewood 3:30 – 5:00
May 12th School photos EOTC course Stratford 1:00 – 6:00pm
16th Jones Cup practice at Marco 18th Traffic safety course in NP 20th MenB Vacs. at Toko, 26th -27th Life Ed at Huiakama. 30th Jones Cup at Toko
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